GCS

Question 1

What are the 3 parts of GCS

Answer 1

Eye opening

Verbal response

Motor response

Question 2

What are the scores for eye opening?

Answer 2

1 - no response

2 - to pain

3 - to speech

4 - spontaneous

Question 3

What are the scores for verbal response?

Answer 3

1 - no vocalisation

2 - sounds (groans) but not words

3 - words but not sentences

4 - confused, talks in sentences but disorientated

5 - orientated

Question 4

What are the scores for motor response?

Answer 4

1 - none

2 - extension to pain (extends elbow to painful stimulus)

3 - abnormal flexion to pain

4 - normal flexion to pain (no localisation to supra-orbital pain but flexes elbow to painful stimulus)

5 - localises to pain (supra-orbital)

6 - obeys commands

Question 5

What can GCS range between?

Answer 5

3 and 15